CVE-2008-6065
Oracle Database Server 10.1, 10.2, and 11g grants directory WRITE permissions for arbitrary pathnames that are aliased in a CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY statement, which allows remote authenticated users with CREATE ANY DIRECTORY privileges to gain SYSDBA privileges by aliasing the pathname of the password directory, and then overwriting the password file through UTL_FILE operations, a related issue to CVE-2006-7141.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-6035)
- Published
- February 5, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6035 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- oracle / database server
- oracle / database server
- oracle / database server
References
- http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/10/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba/
- http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497286/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31738
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48814
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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